The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

badly :s3ursl % - taken ors o. by me
| steamers surgeon, and they were trans
ferred % g. yincents Hospital They
werc the boy. Geo Robinson, Patrick
Pa; Wm- Lawler, aged sixty-fivc. Of 81
Louis. and young woman named Rose
Kelly. The two men are In critical con.
| dition.
The steerage passenger cay that tho
known dead included three men, woman
and the little girl, but thiak that three
others who have boon missing since the
| collision wero among the dead and were
thrown overheard. All the bodies were
| thrown into the sea the night after the
| collision. Incoming steamers which wore
| spoken kept company with the Celtic and
| Britannia In case tho injured vessels
should require assistance, but their aid
| was not needed Tic damage 70 tho
ships has not been estimated yet, and u
| -, doubtless, very large IN each case.
| The dead - far as ascertained are:
| James Turnbridge, Of Iowa
Rose Robinson, little girl Of Lynn
Mass
| Three women, names not known
| The wounded arc:
Mrs Jane Williams, Fall River; arm In
| jurcd.
Mrs Rose Mooney, New York; lace
back and leg bruised
| Mr& Annie Vaughn. Pennsylvania; sui.
| fcring from nervous shock and loss OF
| voice, caused by exposure and being wet
| through Her child. 1t drst reported
killed, was not injured.
Patrick Burke, laborer, Of wilkesbarre,
| Pa fractured leg
! VIM Lawler. Of st. Louis; fractured
hip
Rose Pagan, New York City; back and
| legs injured.
| George Arthur Robinson, boy; oom-
pound fracture Of the arm.
| Young Robinson said that after the
boats came together he aud his sister
| Kate ran 70 the bow Of the boat
The Celtic gave sudden lurch and
drew away from the Britannia. His sister
| was thrown into the water and drowned
| The people killed were all steerage pas
sengerS Turnbridge was killed BY
| alling spar.
| The iron bent like whale bone" said J.
William Reilly, lately OF Louisiana. who
was q Britannia Storage passenger. II
/ stood on the port side and saw the Celtic
| coming down on u.s. She seemed about 70
strike US amidships, but her engines
were backed. and she struck NJ about
! four feet AFT Of the engines. 1t was
| opposite the last hatch aft. jumped
| from the rail aud shouted TO all TO run for
ward. When she struck Ihelped half
| dozen others extricate . lady from heap
| Of rigging and broken wood. and then
| turned my attention to my wife, who had
run up from below. She tainted and did
| not recover until the boats were lau ached
There was great panic among the wom-
en- All were mingled together, regard
| less Of shipping distinctions The steer
age passengers found dificulty In secur-
ing life-p reservoirs, and did not seem 70
know where they were.
| +. p. Hughes. Of Franklin, Pa, on his
| way to London for a two-months' visit,
| said he was alone between decks eating
late dinner. 1T was like clap Of thun-
der. The water came In at once In
large volume. ! ran out, and was
| wet above the ankles before l could
| reach the stair. Iassisted the stew ardess
| in taking care Of the women. The panic
did not last long, and the ofdcers and
crew behaved nobly. The passengers
were transferred, but werc brought back
next day."
Alexander Wilkie, Of Toronto, one OF
the Britannic's cabin passengers, Is .
guest at the Hoffman. At the time Of the
collision he was lying down in the berth
Of the state-room which Immediately
adioined the wrecked section. Three
other gentlemen were in the room His
story IS: "All the afternoon the fog had
been 90 heavy that you could barely see
ten feet in front Of you The Britannia
was proceeding slowly, sounding her
whistle contip ually. Shortly before the
collision we were appraised Of the ap-
proach Of . steamer by the sounding OF
another whistle. There was plenty Of
time to avoid the meeting then had the
vessels been in sight OF one another. The
shock was terrific. and there was q wild
rush for the deck, and fearful state OF
excitement prevailed. Only the admirable
GOODNESS Of the officers saved general
panic, and a. IL was there was
badly scared lot OF passengers.
Several women tainted and a number Of
steeragc passen gers in the compartments
struck were frantic with fright. The I'VE
people killed were directly over me, and
their bl God trickled down into
my room Their bodies were
horribly mangled. The first
thing we heard after the crash was an or
der to lower the boats. II was fully eight
O'Clock Friday morning before the fog
lifted 50 thatwe could see the Celtic"
The number Of victims probably will
not be known until the arrival OF the or
GERS Of the Britannia who superintendent
the burial OF the bodies. The
rurser says ..severalr were killed.
One OF the cabin passengers Is
sure that seven were cast into the sea.
Others say that the deaths numbered
fourteen or fifteen. One report says that
one woman, child and five men
were killed. J. w. Reilly, q
! stccrsge passenger who was going 4
ireland on q brief visit, says he think:
that at least eight persons were killed.
Richard Littler says five men, one woman
and little girl were killed. Mr.. Hamil
ton OF the Miners Arms says some OF his
guests estimated the number OF the deal
70 be as high as twenty.